Mortgages

Halifax trebles cashback offer

Halifax is providing homeowners moving their mortgage from another lender with £750 cashback. This representing a...

BoE: mortgage purchase approvals remaining steady

The Bank of England has revealed that the total number of loan approvals for...

Accord lowers minimum BTL property value

Accord Buy to Let will now accept buy-to-let loans on properties worth £75,000 and...

TMW tightens buy-to-let criteria

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is making changes to its rental calculation and maximum LTV. From...

RBS sounds Williams & Glyn warning

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported a loss of £968 million for...

Sustained FTB surge in Spring

First-time buyer activity grew in March, according to the latest First-Time Buyer Tracker from Your...

Crystal’s completions up 153%

Crystal Specialist Finance issued terms on £401m worth of business from January to March,...

LendInvest to move into longer-term loans

LendInvest has secured a warehouse financing facility with Macquarie for an initial amount of...

Kensington prices £350m securitisation

Kensington Mortgages has raised further funding in the capital markets through a new securitisation,...

Openwork reveals its largest mortgage AR

Openwork has announced that Just Mortgages Direct has now officially transitioned to the network,...

Land Registry: house prices down 0.5% in March

The Land Registry March house price data has revealed a monthly price fall of 0.5%. The...

TML reveals launch distributor panel

The Mortgage Lender (TML), which is due to launch in May, has teamed up...

New Street Mortgages partners with Intrinsic

New Street Mortgages has expanded its distribution to include Intrinsic Financial Services. The new agreement will see...

IMLA sounds warning over Basel proposals

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned that housing associations and homebuyers with...
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Cover

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

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First-time buyers

First-time buyer solo females outpace couples

More women are planning to step onto the property ladder alone rather than with...
News

Melton targets foreign national borrowers with new five-year fixes

Melton Building Society is launching a dedicated foreign nationals mortgage range, aimed at borrowers...
Buy-to-let

North West leads HMO market share as yields edge below 10%

The North West has the highest proportion of HMOs in the UK at 17.9%,...
Appointments

Countrywide Surveying Services names associate director for learning & development

Countrywide Surveying Services has promoted Sarah Chalmers-Stevens to associate director of learning and development...

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